Intelligence Quotes

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To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence… — Piero Ferrucci
I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker. — Cofer Black
We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and… — Cofer Black
Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People. — Caleb Cushing
Osho is a mystical giant, a flowering of a unique intelligence and one of those rare humans ex-pressing himself with joy. — Paul Reps
It is the ability to make predictions about the future that is the crux of intelligence. — Jeff Hawkins
The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation. — Jeff Hawkins
Science is not an intelligence test. Intuition is important, knowing what kind of questions to ask. The other thing is a passion for getting to… — Torsten Wiesel
To make music means to express human intelligence by sonic means. This is intelligence in its broadest sense, which includes not only the peregrinations of… — Iannis Xenakis
Questions are creative acts of intelligence. — Francis Kingdon Ward
[Mathematics] is an independent world created out of pure intelligence. — William Wordsworth
We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%! — Ellen DeGeneres
A lifelong intimacy with animals has got me out of the common notion that they are automata with a slight infusion of intelligence in their… — William Henry Hudson
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and… — William Shenstone
Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius. — Luc de Clapiers
By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but… — Brad Pitt
I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized… — Carole King
Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense. — Gene Spafford
Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which perceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence. — Liz Greene
Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. — Aldrich Ames

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